Jeremy Hunt’s new office to have £44,000 bathroom

Jeremy Hunt’s office will include a bathroom for him to freshen up after his ride to workTIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD

The health secretary was criticised last night over a private bathroom that is being installed at his office at a cost of £44,000.

Health chiefs have been asked to make £22 billion of efficiency savings by 2020 but Jeremy Hunt will have his own 15ft by 8ft bathroom with a shower and sensor-activated lights so that he can freshen up after cycling to work. The new £25 million Department of Health HQ in Victoria, central London, already has showers for staff in the basement.

Mr Hunt’s bathroom, with recessed lighting and floor-to-ceiling lava tiles, has been called a disgrace by a whistleblower who told The Sun: “Hunt talks about the need to save money while getting the taxpayer to pay for a private bathroom fit…